A Serpent's Tale - Chapter 9: Torment

An alien abduction romance. Updates Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.Grant has a tolerance for boredom. Late shift in a middle-of-nowhere facility? Sign him up. If the money's good, he'll happily take the peace and quiet of a long night watching an empty cell.And then he meets Subject B-31. Blue, beautiful, and completely inhuman. Her captors call her Batty, thanks to her big ears and the way she hangs upside down by her tail.He's told not to talk to her. He's told to think of her as a test subject, not a person. He's told to cash his checks and live his humble life. He's told to ignore the sorrow on her face and the desperation in her crimson eyes. Maybe he should have listened. When he finally busts her out, the rescue isn't a rescue at all: it's an abduction.Batty is Princess Sykora, of the tyrannical Taiikari Empire. She commands the Black Pike, a massive voidship on the imperial frontier. Grant must learn a new life, in a firmament filled with ambitious nobles, deadly rivals, and the sinister smiles of the Taiikari Imperial Court. And he'll have to learn fast.Because when the Princess of the Void looks at Grant, she doesn't just see a savior—she sees a husband.And she isn't asking.

An unearthly beauty with black hair, snow-white skin, and bright red lips... Yue Ran has been told that she was born exceptionally beautiful for as long as she can remember. She meets all people's expectations for beauty, but she is a girl who loves no one but herself.Only such a person can be invincible in many small worlds.Ah, but there is one thing she lacks: free will.

Kana was just an ordinary, introverted girl—quiet, withdrawn, and bullied for her “unusual” sexual preferences. Rejected by those around her, she took refuge in online games, hoping to find acceptance in a world where names and faces didn’t matter.But even there, judgment found her.When her party discovered her secret, the harassment returned—only now, it followed her into the one place she thought was safe.Broken and exhausted, Kana decides to quit the game… and give up on life entirely.Just as she’s about to end everything, a strange message flashes on her screen:“Would you like to live the life you’ve always dreamed of?”It sounds like a scam. But with nothing left to lose, Kana accepts.Moments later, she awakens in a body she doesn’t recognize, in a world she’s never seen—A place of magic, adventure, and powerful women drawn to her for reasons she can’t yet understand.More than anything, this is a world that offers Kana what she thought she’d lost forever:A second chance in a world with people that accept her for who she is.___A lot of yuri.

Xia Ruofei, a retired special warfare elite, unexpectedly discovered that the ancestral scrolls contained a small space that was independent.

There are Lingtan waters that promote plant growth in the space. There are mysterious spiritual flowers that cure all diseases. They also bring ten times the time flow rate. What is planted is a fine product, everything grows fast, and what can be cultivated is spiritual…

From then on, planting flowers, planting trees, raising animals, and licking beautiful women, Xia Ruofei opened a wonderful life.

- Description from ptwxz (translated)